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a⋅wak⋅en

  [uh-wey-kuhn]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to awake; waken.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME awak(e)nen, OE awæcnian earlier onwæcnian. See a- 1 , waken

Related forms:
a⋅wak⋅en⋅a⋅ble, adjective
a⋅wak⋅en⋅er, noun
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a·wak·en   (ə-wā'kən)   
tr. & intr.v.   a·wak·ened, a·wak·en·ing, a·wak·ens
To awake; waken. See Usage Note at wake1.

[Middle English awakenen, from Old English āwæcnian : ā-, on, up; see a-2 + wæcnian, to waken; see waken.]
a·wak'en·er n.
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Awakener

A*wak"en*er\, n. One who, or that which, awakens.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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